"If I score a goal I will dedicate it to Van Gaal," Januzaj told AS. "I don’t want to talk about him but everyone knows how many problems I had with him. We didn’t have the best of rapports.

"It wasn’t easy, it’s very frustrating and difficult when you are in a situation like that. I didn’t have many possibilities to play. I spent a long time on the bench and that makes you lose confidence and minor injuries emerge.

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"Many times I wouldn’t play as a starter and you struggle to shine without continuity. The coach would put me in positions that I didn’t know how to play in and I had little experience in. I hope that one day, I can shut up all those people that criticised me."

Januzaj was much more complimentary about Jose Mourinho, who never played the Belgian in a competitive game.

"I have nothing bad to say about Mourinho," Januzaj added. "I have no criticism of him as a coach. From the beginning he was fair."